# مایه
## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian مایه (mâye, “origin, source”).

#### Noun

مایه • (maye)
* origin, basis, fundament, source
    Synonym: آصل (asıl)
* fund, the capital stock of a business
* riches, the wealth of a man
    Synonyms: ثروت (servet), سرمایه (sermaye)

##### Derived terms

* سرمایه (sermaye, “fund, capital”)
* مایه‌دار (mayedar, “who has a principle or capital”)
* مایه‌سز (mayesız, “lacking capital or value”)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: maye

#### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “maye1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3086
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مایه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1098
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مایه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 4262
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مایه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1664

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian مایه (mâye, “leaven, yeast”).

#### Noun

مایه • (maya)
* leaven, yeast, any agent used to make dough rise
* brood beast, a female animal kept for fecundation

##### Derived terms

* مایه آغاجی (maya ağacı, “oil palm”)
* مایه‌سز (mayasız, “unleavened”)
* مایه‌لاتمق (mayalatmak, “to make ferment”)
* مایه‌لاندرمق (mayalandırmak, “to make or let become leaven”)
* مایه‌لانمق (mayalanmak, “to ferment”)
* مایه‌لی (mayalı, “yeasty”)
* پنیر مایه‌سی (penir mayası, “rennet”)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: maya
* → Armenian: մայա (maya)
* → Bulgarian: мая́ (majá)
* → Greek: μαγιά (magiá)
* → Macedonian: маја (maja)
* → Romanian: maia
* → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ма̀ја
    Latin script: màja

#### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “maya1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3085
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مایه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1098
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Fermentum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 564
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مایه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 4262
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “maya”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مایه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1665

## Persian
### Etymology

From Middle Persian mʾtk' (mādag, “essence, substance”). Compare Manichaean Middle Persian mʾyg (māyag).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [mɑː.ˈja]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mɑː.jǽ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mɑː.jǽ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [mɑː.jǽ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [mɔː.jǽ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [mɒː.jé]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [mɔ.jǽ]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Noun

مایه • (mâye)
* stuff, matter, substance, essence
* leaven, yeast, batter
* origin, source, basis, cause
* vaccine
    Synonym: واکسن (vâksan)

#### Derived terms

* بن‌مایه (bon-mâye)
* پرمایه (pormâye)
* سرمایه (sarmâye)
* فرومایه (forumâye)
* دستمایه (dastmâye)
* گرانمایه (gerânmâye)

#### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: maya

### References

* MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “mādag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press